A young boy lives in a small floating temple on a beautiful lake, together with an elderly master who teaches him the ways of the Buddha. Years later the boy, now a young man, experiences his sexual awakening with a girl who has come to the temple to be healed by the master. Returning from a disastrous trip to the outside world the young monk must pay penance and, in the last of four vignettes, he returns to the lake temple to find spiritual enlightenment. find out more...

An old man and a beautiful young girl live on a boat, which they never leave. Groups of men come out to fish, have their fortune told, in an extraordinary manner involving the bow of the title, and mutter about the pair's relationship. This is an art movie, beautifully made and very surreal. find out more...

The mute caretaker of a remote fishing resort earns her living selling accommodation, bait and her body to the male tourists until she meets Hyun-Shik, another tortured soul hiding out from the police after committing a murder. The two find each other in the midst of their physical and spiritual isolation igniting a disturbing and dependent relationship. Filled with beauty and depravity in equal measure The Isle is yet another reason the Koreans should be proud of their film industry; atmospheri find out more...